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History
Palazzo Simi, built in the sixteenth century, bears witness to the typical Bari architecture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was built on a Byzantine church, probably dedicated to S. Gregorio de Falconibus.-The palace was built on foundations from the imperial era.

Since the end of the 17th century, the palace has become the property of the Simi de Burgis family, whose members are still recognized as patricians of Lucca as they come from and are of ancient origin in Lucca as they are documented from the 11th century with relative genealogical trees, in the State Archives and in the State Library, manuscript section, located in Palazzo Minutoli, also in Lucca. From the beginning of the 17th century there are other branches of the Simi family of Lucca, the most important of which spread to Pescia, ascribed to the Nobility of that city and to the Sacred Military Order of Santo Stefano as founding Knights.

Palazzo Simi in Bari was renovated and enlarged in various stages by the members of the family who owned it until the beginning of the 20th century: this can be seen from archival documents conserved in the State Archives of Bari and from the manuscript fund of the Sagarriga Visconti Volpi Library and above all from the manuscript entitled Table and memory of the Simi de Burgis family begun in 1682 by Abbot Michele Simi (Bari, 1655-1731), Giovanni and Livia Antonia Di Negro, canon of the Chapter of San Nicola who traces its history in the purchase and subsequent expansions of the typical palatial house of the old city. The manuscript was then carefully updated by his successors until the early 1900s.

The original volume, currently kept in the Provincial Library born on the book fund donated by Baron Gennaro de Gemmis Fondo Famiglie Pugliesi, was published in Bari by Corcelli in 2001 by Emanuela Angiuli, Maria Padovano, Saverio Simi de Burgis and with a introduction by the then Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Bari Ennio Triggiani. From this text and from other documents that give reference to it, above all the marriage contracts of the various members of the family - see in particular the contract stipulated on 3 October 1838 with the Bari notary Teodoro Verzilli for the marriage between Domenico Simi di Saverio and Maria Francesca Sardani and Raffaella Tanzi from Blevio di Luigi and Carmela de Riso from Carpinone - it is clear that the Lamberti road itself was once called Simi road. The same reference to the Simi road can be seen in other ancient documents of the period. From the manuscript volume begun in 1682, Abbot Michele Simi mentions another Palazzo Simi, his residence donated to him by his mother Livia Antonia Di Negro, belonging to an ancient dogal patrician family of Genoese origin, and then transferred to the Chapter of Canons of the Real Basilica of San Nicola, still existing in old Bari and located in the current Strada degli Orefici, in front of Palazzo Gironda and Palazzo Milella. The portal of the building is surmounted by the still legible family crest.

The Palazzo Lamberti which stood closer to the Cathedral of San Sabino was, in fact, demolished at the beginning of the 20th century. «Since 1999 Palazzo Simi has hosted exhibitions of archaeological interest, as the seat of the "Archaeological Operations Center of Bari"

Description of the palace
Once inside, you immediately notice the imposing white stone staircase, located on the right. « The atrium is decorated with ornamental plants placed in pots. “The ground floor is divided into rooms

Exibitions
Palazzo Simi hosts many exhibitions, among which there was the exhibition dedicated to trade between the peoples of the Mediterranean and the Mycenaeans, entitled "Amber for Agamemnon"